I think this might break the Chester County Internet. I had readers contact me this afternoon…oops she did it again. For real.
I mean FOR real? Burned a 3rd place? I mean I JUST HAVE to oops song it.
This is scary and ridiculous.
First Berwyn (Easttown).
Then Radnor Township (whatever that was.)
Now York.
Oh, and the DUI in SC?
She is literally not right, is she? If someone has already set fires and the courts are taking forever to get the cases heard is that fair to anyone?
How does someone go from beautiful young doctor/bride/wife/mother to the mugshots? And she was a doctor too?
Why do we have such inadequate mental health services in this country?
Original fire:
https://6abc.com/post/chester-county-fire-easttown-township-leopard-sugartown-road/15090808
House in December (my photo):
Photo from CBS affiliate (note the apartment is Tudor-ish):
Stuff from South Carolina:
Woman charged with arson in York-area fire also charged near Philly
York Dispatch
Updated Jan. 6, 2026, 4:31 p.m. ET
- A woman is charged with arson after she allegedly used a heat gun to start a fire New Year’s Day at a Spring Garden Township duplex.
- A firefighter was injured in that blaze and another resident was treated for smoke inhalation.
- Kathryn Frankel also faces arson charges in Chester and Delaware counties after fires there.
This time someone was hurt, a firefighter. And someone else had smoke inhilation.
I found the report from NBC affiliate WGAL in Lancaster particularly interesting and the article has a long video:
Police say Kathryn Frankel is accused of starting a fire using a heat gun in a home on Ogontz Street. They also say she has a previous arson arrest out of Chester County from 2024, also with a heat gun.
Details of the arson
Police said Frankel was living in the basement of the home on Ogontz Street when the fire started just after midnight on Jan. 1.
The fire department was dispatched for a reported basement fire, and upon arrival, they saw people trapped inside. Several residents had to be rescued, with some jumping from the second floor, and one person was hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
A firefighter was also hurt.
According to charging documents, witnesses told officers Frankel was acting suspiciously before the fire and tried to stop others from going into the basement.
Police say they found a pile of burning clothes and blankets on the floor, as well as seven burned aerosol cans and a can of lighter fluid.
Frankel admitted to being in the basement and using a heat gun in the area shortly before the fire started, according to the charging documents. Kathryn Frankel is charged with arson and recklessly endangering another person.
Look I am sorry she is so mentally ill. But she is not safe out on the street. Someone is going to die. Once again, she could have died, and this time others got hurt.
She needs to NOT be out on the street. This is not the first fire. She is not safe, she may never be safe with this hobby of hers, correct?
Below are the dockets. Imagine if the wheels of justice had moved a little faster? Maybe those people in York wouldn’t have been displaced. I hate to say lock anyone up, but she is a danger to herself and others. She went from high style on the Main Line to a basement apartment in York County, PA.
Here is the York docket:
Here is the Chester County Docket:
Here is the Delaware County Docket: